OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-04-01 to 2026-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Comparative analysis of the hydrogen sulphide pathway in internal thoracic artery and radial artery	28
Recent improvement in operative techniques lead to lower pacemaker rate after Perceval implant	26
False lumen/true lumen wall pressure ratio is increased in acute non-A non-B aortic dissection	26
The association of depression and postoperative delirium: we may need more information	19
Surgical and interventional rescue strategies for Fontan failure	17
Lung transplantation in patients with a history of anatomical native lung resection	16
Challenging conventional dogma in chest drain placement following lung resection surgery: is there a best position?	16
Sublobar resection versus lobectomy for patients with stage T1-2N0M0 pulmonary typical carcinoid tumours: a population-based propensity score matching analysis	15
Surgical reconstruction of a giant left ventricular aneurysm with prior unloading using a microaxial pump	14
Limited airway resection and reconstruction for paediatric tracheobronchial inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour	13
Early postoperative pain after subxiphoid uniportal thoracoscopic major lung resection: a prospective, single- blinded, randomized controlled trial	13
Combined surgical correction of pectus carinatum and juvenile kyphosis	12
Erratum to: Analysis of 3-dimensional interventricular septum and abnormal muscle bundles models for septal myectomy	11
Depression is associated with delirium after cardiac surgery—a population-based cohort study	9
Repair of coronary sinus shear stress injury following blunt chest trauma using adenosine-induced asystole	8
Effects of crystalloid and colloid priming strategies for cardiopulmonary bypass on colloid oncotic pressure and haemostasis: a meta-analysis	8
Oral anticoagulation following bioprosthetic SAVR in patients with atrial fibrillation: what’s the current status of NOACs?	8
Long-term outcome of surgical revascularization in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction—a population-based cohort study	7
Successful surgical aortic valve replacement in a patient with progeria	7
Repair with a pulmonary neovalve in tetralogy of Fallot: does this avoid ventricular dysfunction?	7
Cavopulmonary support with a modified cannulation technique in a failing Fontan patient	6
Boyden’s triad in the left lung: an interesting phenomenon	6
Descending thoracic aortic repair outcomes for chronic aortic dissection: a single-centre experience	6
Contemporary outcomes of cardiac surgery patients supported by the intra-aortic balloon pump	5
How can the rate of nontherapeutic thymectomy be reduced?	5

Combined mitral valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting through a left thoracotomy after retrosternal oesophageal reconstruction	5
Inferior mesenteric artery diameter and number of patent lumbar arteries as factors associated with significant type 2 endoleak after infrarenal endovascular aneurysm repair	5
Large thrombus in transit in a COVID-19 patient	5
In patients undergoing oesophagectomy does postoperative home enteral nutrition have any impact on nutritional status?	5
Challenge of a therapeutic sequence: rare case of heart failure in mitral valvular disease intensified by an extreme mediastinal shift from major diaphragmatic eventration	4
Failure to rescue: obesity increases the risk of mortality following early graft failure in heart transplantation in UNOS database patients	4
A single-centre, retrospective study of mid-term outcomes of aortic arch repair using a standardized resection and patch augmentation technique	4
Neochord DS1000 system versus conventional mitral valve repair for correction of mitral regurgitation due to prolapse of the posterior leaflet	4
Changes in aortic growth rate and factors influencing aneurysmal dilatation after uncomplicated acute type B aortic dissection	4
Malignant granular cell tumour at the interventricular septum	4
The correction of the diastasis of the rectus abdominis muscle concomitant with a moulded silicone implant insertion in a patient with medial pectus excavatum	3
Very-long-term outcomes of mechanical valves in mitral position focusing on valve-related complications	3
Early and late results of mitral valve repair with anterior leaflet patch augmentation	3
Digital communication platforms in cardiothoracic surgery during COVID-19 pandemic: keeping us connected or isolated?	3
Real-world 6-month outcomes of minimally invasive aortic valve replacement with the EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system	3
Coronary artery bypass grafting for coronary artery anomalies in infants and young children	3
Effect of preoperative radiotherapy on overall survival in N2 non-small-cell lung cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database	3
Clinical translation of surgical simulated closure of a ventricular septum defect	3
Unravelling early sinus node dysfunction after pediatric cardiac surgery: a pre-existing arrhythmogenic substrate	3